Woman arrested after accidentally texting sheriff’s department instead of drug dealer
BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WTVY/Gray News) - A woman was arrested after accidentally texting a sheriff’s department investigator instead of the drug dealer she was trying to contact.
According to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office, Octavia Wells, 41, sent a text asking to purchase fentanyl before she left town. She thought she was texting a drug dealer, but accidentally texted a narcotics investigator with the sheriff’s office.
The investigator began communicating with Wells and went undercover, setting up the “sale of fentanyl.”
Wells went to a gas station to meet the man she thought was a dealer. Instead, she met authorities.
Wells was arrested and charged with unlawful use of a two-way communication device, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving with a suspended license.
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